The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-22
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY. MARCH %, 1887.

and recovered a0ac, closing however. weak;
speculation was only moderate; No. spring,
92c; No. hard. 96c. store; No. l Northern,
94sc; No. spring, S4c ungraded red, 10 93sc;
No red. Sole; No. red, 9l4e elevator. Gle
store, 9lg 09lac +. o. b.; No. l red. oslo; No. l
white, Ole; No 2 red. March, nominal: April,
Oh 9lac. closing at 9l!c; May, 9ls 0924c, clos
ing at 9lac: June, 9ls 9l3c, closing at 91sc;
July, 80 Lie 90sc, closing at 90sc; August, S9s
a 90c closing at sole; September, 904 09osc.
closing at 90ac; December, 94a a 944c closing at
SAC; MAY, 99s a 99sc closing at 99sc.
Corn-Receipts, GO. 800 blu; exports, 81. 335 bu;
sales. 584, 600 bu futures and 224000 bu spot;
spot lots steady and moderately active; options
4s95Oc; distiling, $3.50; steamer. AZ. 47ac
elevator. 48sc delivered No. g. 48c elevator,
494 049ac delivered; old. No. 2, SOC delivered;
steamer white. 4S4c elevator; No. 2 March.
Az 4sc, closing at 47sc. APRIL 4ssc. closing at
48sc: May, 4Ss 04Ssc, closing at 4ssc: June,
4Sa 4Sssc closing at AISLE; July, 49, 49ac, clos
ing at 49tc.
Oats-Receipts. $4,000 bu; exports, none:
sales. 100000 bu futures and 12S, 900 bu spot
cash shade lower: mixed Western, 80 &c.
white Western. 81 042c.
Hops quiet and steadily held.
Coffee-Spot fair Rio firm at 144c: options
stronger and fairly active. Sales, Al 500 bags
March, IL so q u 85c; April. IL s. a IL 9Oc; Nav
a he; September. 13c; October 10 q ID Csc; No
yember and December, Is. % a l3 10c; February
l3 05c. Sugar firm; refined firm and quiet
Molasses steady. Rice firm.
Rosin steady.
Pork quiet and firm. Cut meats firm; picked
bellies, e 7ssc; picked hams, III "a lie; picked
shoulders, &c. Lard opened SAT- points lower.
and closed trfle better than on Saturday;
Western. $50 75c April 752c May. 1852 q
760c; June, 1859 7.65c july 765 q loo; city
steam, 750c.
Butter quiet and weak; Western. 120 31c
Cheese quiet and steadily held. EGGS heavy and
lower; receipts, 500 packages; Western, 15s a
15!c.
CHICAGO, March 21-Specuation in wheat
was at a low ebb to-day. There was very little
news to affect the course of the market and
prices were held within narrow limits. May
wheat opened at Sic, declined to 80s and closed
at Sic. The decrease in the visible supply of
], 100000 bushels fell considerably short of the
expectations of spectators, and no especial
change in values followed the announcement
The fact is that the uncertain condition of the
market checks trading. Spectators are afraid
to sell short" and are reluctant about buying,
fearing that the tremendous quantities now held
by certain ''bullp Spectators may be thrown on
the market at any time The export clearings
aggregated 239 600 bushels from two ports The
receipts aggregated 5S2. 900 bushels at eleven
points. The expected large receipts of corn,
together with an increase of $40, 900 bushels in
the visible supply, caused a weaker feeling, and
prices fell off ! q &c, closing at about inside fig
ures Oats were dull and unchanged. Mess
pork was dull and nominaly unchanged. There
was pressure to sell lard early in the day, and
prices declined 5079c, but rallied again and
closed a shade higher than on Saturday. Short
ribs declined 10 l5c, but rallied again and
closed III 020c higher. The leading futures
ranged as follows: